When Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams recently disclosed his failure to report gifts valued at more than $160,000 since he took office, he may have not only opened himself to potential ethics inquiries, but also helped encourage competition for his re-election bid next year.
According to court watchers, the issue of gifts to Williams could cause serious political damage, and has led many of the city’s legal and law enforcement elite to consider getting into the 2017 race for district attorney.
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